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Dry Creek Prospect

Occurrence in DeKalb county in Tennessee, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Sulfur-Pyrite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094997
MRDS ID K001766
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Prospect
Related records 10298983

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.92996, 35.96816 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 2.7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MOUNT MORIAH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

DeKalb(county)

Tennessee(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gassaway(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McMinnville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chattanooga(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Caney(hydrologic unit)

Upper Cumberland(hydrologic accounting unit)

Cumberland(hydrologic subregion)

Ohio(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Tennessee DeKalb

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result GALENA-PB-80.0%
Result AG-0.15 TROY OZ./TON
Result CU-0.02%
Result SB-0.12%
Result AU-TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Carters Limestone
    Rock description Carters Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.92996, 35.96816
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 35 E
    Dip VERT
    Length 792.48M
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME SHEETING IN VEIN. VEIN FILLING MOSTLY FLUORITE AND BARITE WITH SOME GALENA AND DARK SPHALERITE AND A LITTLE CALCITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1890

Mining district

District name Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner C. E. Bradley
    Home office Georgetown, Ky.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS, TRENCHES, STRIPPING, SHAFTS AND CORE DRILLING FOR NEARLY 0.5 MILES.

Comments on development

  • LOGS OF CORE HOLES AVAILABLE JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51 P. 68

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, BARITE, FLUORITE, GALENA, SPHALERITE VEINS OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE: TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 51, 114 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON TENNESSEE DIV. GEOLOGY, REPOR

  • Production

    JEWELL, W.B., 1947, TENN. DIV. GEOLOGY, BULL. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CHATTANOOGA SHALE OUTCROPS NOT FAR ABOVE PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Fagan, James M. U.S. Geological Survey

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